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    Nathan Rae Production Blog

    Below is my blog which contains a mix of Social Media and Marketing Thoughts, Video Production Tips, Experimental Films, Personal News, etc.  Basically, whatever I'm involved in and whatever catches my eye ends up here!

    Thursday
    11Mar2010

    International Woman's Day Video

    DateThursday, March 11, 2010 at 9:49AM

    Over the last few weeks I have been involved in planning and directing a video of the International Woman's Day celebration in Manchester.  Here is the result:

     

    Directed and Produced by Nathan Rae
    Original Music by Michele Harris: http://audio-boutique.co.uk
    Choreography by Naomi Sumners: http://www.alltheskills.co.uk

    This video had two goals.  Firstly to be a fun activity for all the participants and in this respect it was a major success!  Comments like "It was one of the highlights of the day!" and "We had so much fun!" came thick and fast as everyone involved really enjoyed it.

    Secondly it was to be a "viral" video to raise the profile of International Woman's Day.  There were a couple of problems with the filming as a quite a few people had already left the event so the Monastery wasn't as full as it should have been.  Also, some women joined in for the filming without learning the dance (not their fault and they enjoyed themselves as well) but I didn't notice this at the time.  And lastly we only filmed it twice when I think we would have got it much better on the third take.  But over all I'm very happy with the resulting video as we only had one hour to learn the dance, rehearse and shoot which is really not long enough.

    And about it going viral?  We'll just have to see.

    Next week I'll be releasing a short "Making Of" video as I also filmed the rehearsals.

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    Wednesday
    03Mar2010

    Engaging Brand Podcast featuring YT!

    DateWednesday, March 3, 2010 at 1:01PM

    I would have announced this earlier if I was able to but TalkTalk hasn't done a great job of reconnecting me to the internet since Saturday!  Their excuse?  "The support ticket wasn't passed onto the engineering team so that is why they haven't contacted you." Gggggrrrrr!

    One of the best business podcasts I listen is The Engaging Brand to recently published an episoed featuring yours truly talking about using online video to help build your brand.  I was very nervous but the hoast, Anna Farmery, was very good as usual and I soon got into the swing of it.

    You can listen to the episode here.

    Like I said above, this podcast is very good and I always learn a lot from it.  If you are self employed, into any type of marketing or branding, or just want to hear some inspriring and creative people talk about interesting things, I would suggest you subscribe using iTunes (or whatever software you use).

     

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    Friday
    26Feb2010

    Back To Business (Cards)

    DateFriday, February 26, 2010 at 9:50PM

    After a great weekend away at the Glasgow Film Festival last week (no I didn't win anything) it was back to work this week.

    One thing I'm sorting out at the moment is a new logo.  Louise over at Design By Day has done a great job and I'll have the finished product soon.  So how to use it on a business card?  A quick search turned up Creative Bits, an amazing site with inspiring and attention grabbing ideas to make a card unique.

    Here are a couple of my favourites:

    Check out this page and this page for even more examples.

    I'm thinking of doing something creative with some used 70mil or iMax film stock if I can get hold of it...

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    Friday
    19Feb2010

    Three Big Events 

    DateFriday, February 19, 2010 at 5:38PM

    Over the next few weeks I’m going to be:

    … at the Glasgow Film Festival.

    My documentary Lift is being show on Sunday 21st February 4.30pm as part of the Leave A Trail competition.

    I think that if I win here I actually get a cash prize, which would be nice.  I’ll be tweeting alot this weekend so keep an eye on my twitter feed for the latest updates, views and comments on all I get up to.

     

    … at the Film Insiders Talent Festival, Barrow-In-Furness.

    On Friday 5th March I am going to be doing a Q and A session with Matt Lloyd about why and how I made Lift and why it has been successful.  Lift will also be screened as part of the “Best Of Glasgow” event.

    This looks like it will be a great few days of film making workshops, master classes, networking and parties! If you are a filmmaker in the North West you should really check it out. I’m really looking forward to it.

     

    … at the International Woman’s Day, Gorton Monastery, Manchester.

    I’m going to be filming a “Viral Video” with a Monestry full of 500 Women. Naomi Sumner from All The Skills will be teaching them a dance which we will then film a couple of times in an interest way.  Hopefully it will capture the imagination of enough people to spread around a bit.  More details coming soon.

    For now though, if you are a woman, check out the website and consider coming along for some pampering, networking, thought provoking, self developing and enjoyable activities in an amazing venue.

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    Sunday
    14Feb2010

    Basic Filmmaking Techniques 101 - Camera Position and Framing

    DateSunday, February 14, 2010 at 3:52PM

    The first in a series of videos covering basic film making techniques to help you improve the quality of you online video content.

     


    In this video I cover camera positioning and framing advice.  This advice is relevent for most types of video where you are filming yourself or another person, eg. Interviews, documentaries, youtube videos, etc.

    In the next video I'll be looking at sound recording, how to improve the quality and some simple mistakes to avoid.

    Subscribe to this blog, follow me on twitter or subscribe to my youtube channel to recieve more Basic Filmmaking Technique Videos.

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